Of Thomas’s claims he suffered a heart attack last week, which allegedly contributed to his decision to pull out of the wedding, Samantha added: “People have had heart attacks they didn’t know they’d had until they had an EKG. They’re not always that loud. They’re not always that dramatic. For him that was the case.

“I wanted to see him go [to the wedding], I didn’t want him deprived of that. But clearly the priority should be whether or not it’s safe for him to do that. That’s where we’re at.”

Just yesterday, Samantha admitted culpability behind her father’s set up photographs, telling ‘Loose Women’ she advised him to pose for what she described as “positive photos” in a bid to combat his “bad” portrayal in the press.